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(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) More than 120 million confirmed cases of new crown worldwide, the Philippines will ban foreigners from entering the country.
China News Service, Beijing, March 17. Full news: The latest data on the World Health Organization website shows that at 15:10 on the 16th Central Europe (22:10 Beijing time), the number of confirmed cases of new corona around the world reached 119,960,700, including deaths 2656822 cases. According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, at 8:24 p.m. ET (9:24 p.m. EDT), the total number of confirmed cases worldwide has reached 120,645,738, including 2,669,734 deaths.
Americas: New US crown deaths exceed 536,000
Francis Collins, president of the National Institutes of Health, delivered a speech at the National Cathedral in Washington on the 16th, saying the church can play a leadership role in strengthening confidence in the crown’s new vaccine. Collins told the religious leaders present that, in many ways, vaccines are an answer to the prayer of many people and that vaccination is an “opportunity to care for others.”
Statistics from Johns Hopkins University for the 16th show that the United States currently has 29,546,639 confirmed cases of new crowns, of which 536,871 have died.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health reported on the 16th that there were 2,841 new deaths in the country in the last 24 hours, with a total of 282,127 deaths.
The second batch of COVID-19 vaccine developed by China Kexing Company arrived in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, on the 16th. At the same time, it also arrived in Uruguay with masks and glasses donated by China to Uruguay. According to data released by Uruguay’s National Emergency Agency that day, there were 916 new confirmed cases of new corona in the country, and a total of 73,770 confirmed cases.
Europe: more than 4.1 million confirmed cases of new corona in France
According to a report from the French Ministry of Health on the afternoon of the 16th, that day 29,975 new cases were confirmed in the country, and the total number of confirmed cases reached 4,108,108. French Prime Minister Castay declared that France is already in the third wave of the new corona epidemic.
According to the Italian Ministry of Health on the 16th, there were 20,396 new confirmed cases of new crowns in the country, a total of more than 3.25 million; 502 new deaths, a total of 103,001 cases. Italy’s cumulative death toll from the new crown currently ranks second in Europe, after the UK.
In response to the continuing spike in new data from the German crown epidemic, CDC German epidemiologist Dirk Brockman warned on the 16th that Germany’s current “unblocking” is irrational in the context of the third wave of the outbreak. It can lead to an exponential increase in the number of confirmed cases. According to German media statistics, at 9:20 p.m. local time, Germany has confirmed a total of 2,595,069 people, of which 74,497 have died.
According to data released by the Serbian Ministry of Health on the 16th, there were 5201 new confirmed cases of new crowns in the country in the last 24 hours, a maximum of one day this year. To prevent further escalation of the epidemic, the Serbian government announced on the same day that from 17 to 22, except in special places such as pharmacies, food stores and service stations, all other places and commercial facilities throughout the country will be closed. temporarily. According to data from the Serbian Ministry of Health on the 16th, a total of 526,112 confirmed cases of new crowns across the country, including 4,778 deaths.
Asia: Philippines to ban foreigners from entering the country
The Philippine National Anti-Epidemic Task Force issued a statement on the night of the 16, saying that due to the recent increase in the number of confirmed cases of the new corona in the Philippines and the emergence of a variety of mutant viruses found in the Kingdom United, South Africa and Brazil, the Philippine government decided from March 20 to April. On the 19th, the daily number of people entering the Philippines was limited to 1,500, while foreigners and returning citizens who did not work abroad were prohibited from entering the country.
According to data released by the Turkish Ministry of Health on the 16th, with the relaxation of national epidemic prevention restrictions, Turkey has added 16,749 new confirmed cases of new crowns in the last 24 hours, setting a new record in the number of confirmed cases in a single day this year, with a total of 2,911,642 confirmed cases; 71 new deaths The cumulative number of deaths increased to 29,623.
Due to the recent suppression of the spread of the new corona virus in the country, Israel has allowed the entry of flights from anywhere as of the 16th, but still authorizes the Ministry of Health to cancel any specific flights deemed harmful. for the public. Health. According to data from the Israeli Ministry of Health on the 16th, that day there were 1,718 new confirmed cases and a total of 822,507 confirmed cases.
Africa and Oceania: a total of 4.04 million confirmed cases in Africa
According to the latest data from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at 5 p.m. on East Africa 16 (10:00 Beijing time), the total number of confirmed cases of new corona in Africa reached the 40,418,35. , with a total of 10,064 deaths and a total of 36,300,060 cured cases.
The second batch of COVID-19 vaccines with the help of the Chinese government arrived in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe Airlines, on a special plane on the 16th. The first batch of vaccines purchased by the government of Zimbabwe from China also arrived in the same plane. President Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe greeted him at the airport and thanked the Chinese government and people for the assistance and the export of vaccines to Zimbabwe in his speech.
Australian Prime Minister Morrison told a news conference on Wednesday that due to the escalating epidemic in Papua New Guinea, Australia will donate 8,000 doses of the new crown vaccine to Papua New Guinea medical staff. At the same time, Australia will also suspend flights to Papua New Guinea in the next two weeks. (Finalize)
